Radical(a.) A radical vessel. See under Radical, a.
Radical(a.) Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.
Radical(a.) Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or origin; reaching to the center, to the foundation, to the ultimate sources, to the principles, or the like; original; fundamental; thorough-going; unsparing; extreme; as, radical evils; radical reform; a radical party.
Radical(a.) Belonging to, or proceeding from, the root of a plant; as, radical tubers or hairs.
Radical(a.) Proceeding from a rootlike stem, or one which does not rise above the ground; as, the radical leaves of the dandelion and the sidesaddle flower.
Radical(a.) Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form.
Radical(a.) Of or pertaining to a radix or root; as, a radical quantity; a radical sign. See below.
Radical(n.) A primitive word; a radix, root, or simple, underived, uncompounded word; an etymon.
Radical(n.) A primitive letter; a letter that belongs to the radix.
Radical(n.) One who advocates radical changes in government or social institutions, especially such changes as are intended to level class inequalities; -- opposed to conservative.
Radical(n.) A characteristic, essential, and fundamental constituent of any compound; hence, sometimes, an atom.
Radical(n.) Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a single atom; a residue; -- called also a compound radical. Cf. Residue.
Radical(n.) A radical quantity. See under Radical, a.
Radicalism(n.) The quality or state of being radical; specifically, the doctrines or principles of radicals in politics or social reform.
Radicality(n.) Germinal principle; source; origination.
Radicality(n.) Radicalness; relation to a root in essential nature or principle.
Radically(adv.) In a radical manner; at, or from, the origin or root; fundamentally; as, a scheme or system radically wrong or defective.
Radically(adv.) Without derivation; primitively; essentially.
Radicalness(n.) Quality or state of being radical.
Radicant(a.) Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, as the trumpet creeper and the ivy.
Radicate(a.) Radicated.
Radicate(v. i.) To take root; to become rooted.
Radicate(v. t.) To cause to take root; to plant deeply and firmly; to root.
Radicated(a.) Rooted
Radicated(a.) Having roots, or possessing a well-developed root.
Radicated(a.) Having rootlike organs for attachment.
Radicated(imp. & p. p.) of Radicate
Radicating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Radicate
Radication(n.) The process of taking root, or state of being rooted; as, the radication of habits.
Radication(n.) The disposition of the roots of a plant.
Radices(pl. ) of Radix
Words within radices